Friedrich Merz, likely the next chancellor, shocks the country by promising to control its borders.

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.

Photo/Agencies] The leader of Germany's main opposition party has caused upset by saying he will bring proposals for an instant change to the country's immigration laws before parliament this week, days after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested following a fatal double stabbing in the southern city of Aschaffenburg.

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz has floated proposing legislation to tighten Germany's border controls, and claimed it would be on the SPD and Greens if he had to pass it with votes from the far-right AfD.

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has pledged to impose tough border controls if elected chancellor in next month's vote. View on euronews

Merz, who is a strong contender in the upcoming elections, stated that 40,000 asylum seekers in Germany are eligible for deportation. He referred to them as “ticking time bombs” in cities and communities, emphasizing the urgency of the issue.

Germany’s conservative candidate, Friedrich Merz, suggested he’d push through tougher migration measures even with AfD support.

Polling data in home town of Friedrich Merz, Germany’s frontrunner to be next chancellor, are worry for main parties

Friedrich Merz, the conservative frontrunner to replace Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Germany's upcoming elections, is calling on the European Union to present a united front in response to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Chancellor Scholz says rival Merz joining forces with far-right party in parliament to introduce stricter migration legislation ahead of Feb. 23 elections - Anadolu Ajansı

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The faction of the Christian Democratic Union / Christian Social Union (CDU / CSU) intends to put to the vote in the Bundestag a resolution suggesting the declaration of an emergency situation in Germany due to the migration crisis,